Internal-combustion locomotive.



. H. EHLE.

IN 'IYEJSTALl COMBUSTION LOGOMOTIVE.

APPLIOATION 'FILED 001223, 1909.`

Patented Mr. 1, 1910.

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A. H. EHLE. INTERNAL Vcounatrs'llorr LoGoMoTIvE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 0,9123. 1909.

"Patented Mar. 1,1910.

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Application iied'ctober 23, 1969. -Serial No. 584,258.

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Be it known that I, ARCHIBALD H. Enum a citizen of the United States,residing 1n Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovement-s in Internal-Combustion Locomotives, of which the followingis con1otive,.and a still flirt-her object of my.

invention 1s to construct 'the locomotive with the crank shaft. of theengine arranged longitudinally and geared `with the transverse drivinsha-ft through clutch mechanism.

ln t e accompanying drawings,-Figune l, is a side view of my improvedlocomotive;

' Fig. 2, is a plan view partly in section; Fig.

3, is a sectional vievv on the line 3 3 Fig. a; illustrating amodification; Fig. 4, is a side view of a modification illustrated inFig. 3; Fig. 5, is a view of a modified form of connecting rod; and Fig.6, is a View of a modication of the clutch mechanism.

A is the fram-e of the locomotive of the type used in mines and in yardsof manu-` facturing establishment-s, to shift cars from one point toanother. It Will be understood that the locomotive may be used for anypurpose without departing from the essential features of the invention.Carried by the frame A is the engine B of the internal combustion type,having in the present instance three cylinders 7), Z),- b, a crank ShaftB, the crank shaft being arranged parallel to the longitudinal line ofthe frame of the locomotive. The engine in the present instance isarranged on one side of the center of the frame, but it will beunderstood that the engine can be located directly in the cent er insome types of engines, if desired.

C-C are the axles, mounted in boxes 0 0 adapted to pedestals a-a in theframe A of the locomotive. Between the upper end of the pedestals andthe boxes are springs a', so that the frame is yieldingly supported onthe axles.-

c-o2 are the driving Wheels mounted respectively on the axles C-C.

reservoir and H H The engine shaft B has at one end a ly wheel b and atthe opposite end a beveled gear wheel b2 vwhich meshes with a beveledwheel d on a transverse shaft D adapted to -suitable bear-ings in theframe. This shaft has two pinions d-d" :of different diameters, whichmesh with gear Wheels e-e rectively. These two Wheels are also of dierent diameters. The gear Wheels e--e are loosely mounted on atransverse driving shaft E adapted to bearings e2 in the frame ofthelocomotive, and each Wheel has an extended internal friction face e3.Adapted to slide on and turn with the shaft are two clutch sleeves Ff-F,each clutch sleeve having a beveled fece in the present instance, ,whichmay be forced into Contact with the friction face e3 of either of thewheels e-e. Each sleeve is Orooved to receive the rings frespectivewhich are connected toget er Aby links f2.

F2 is Va bell crank lever pivoted at f3 to t-he frame and connected tothe link f2 and to the ring and this lever is also connected by a rod F3to an operating lever F4 pivoted at f* within easv reach of the oerator, so that when this lever F4 is shi ted the clutch4 sleeves can beeither moved into mid position free of either of the -Wheels e-e, ormoved in contact with the Wheel e or the wheel e, depending upon thespeed desired. On `each end of the shaft E are crank disks G havingcrank pins g, and on the wheel c is a crank pin c.

-I-l are connecting rods, one rod being mounted on each side of thelocomotive and connected-at one end to the shaft E, and at the-other endto a pin C3 on the wheel 0. On

the Wheel c2 is a pin ci which carries a box z'` adapted to Ways in a.yoke z" formed inthe rod I, so that while both Wheels 02 are driven bythe single connecting rod they are free to move vertically independentlyof each other and .of the shaft E which is mounted in fixed bearings int-he frame,

Withoutbinding.

In thev present instance H is a gasolene are the Water coolingtrays'connected through a pump la. and pipes It and h2, to the waterjackets of the several cylinders.l f

' In F l and 2'1 have shown thedriving 'Wheels on the outside of theframeof the locomotive, but' in Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown the wheels onthe inside of the frame, the axles C2 and C3 being extended beyondtheir' boxes c. On the axles are crank arms 1t-fn', provided with pinsvif-n3 respectively. The crank pin g of the driving shaft is connectedwith the crank pin n2 by a connecting yrod I which has a yoke i',similar to theyo'ke of the lo com'otive illustrated in Fig. l; by thisconstruction the two axles are free to move independently of each otherin a vertical direction. In this instance it will be noticed that theshaft E is above the line of the axles C2 and C3, to allow for a largergear wheel with a given diameter of driving wheel, whereas in Fig. l theshaft E is on a line with the axles. The position of the shaft E inrespect to the axles is immaterial, and by the construction shown theshaft can be arranged as close to the driving axles as the wheels willallow, making a very compact locomotive which is especially applicablefor use in mines and 'other places where space is an object.

The engine illustrated in the drawings is of the reversing type, andwhere'a non-reversible engine is used I preferably use the reversinggearing b2, d3 and d4 illustrated in Fig. 6, with clutch mechanism d5 toclutch one or the other of the gears d3, d4 with the' shaft. Themechanism eanbe readily actuated from the operators seat.

l/Vhile I have shown in Fig. l, a locomotive with four driving wheels,it will be understood that the number of drivingr wheels may beincreased by simply connect.

ing the crank pin by separate rods to cranks on the other drivingwheels, or a rod I? may be used, as shown in Fig. 5, having two yokesz", 2, adapted to receive the crank -pins of two intermediate axles.

I claim:

l. The combination in a locomotive of an engine, a transverse drivingshaft at one end of the locomotive and geared to said engine, saiddriving shaft having crank pins, two driving axles mounted in the frameof the locomotive, wheels carried by the axles, crank pins on each axle,rods connecting the crank pins of the transverse shaft with the crankpins of the axles, the crank pin of the intermediate axle having a boxadapted to slide in a yoke of the rod, so that the two axles are free tomove vertically independently of each other.

2. The combination in a locomotive of a frame, an engine mounted-thereonhaving a crank shaft in a longitudinal line with the frame, axlesmounted in the frame, an intermediate shaft geared to the said crankshaft of the engine, a clutch shaft, gear wheels loosely lmounted on theclutch shaft, pinions on the intermedia.te shaft with which said gearsengage,clutch sleeves arranged to engage the gear wheels of the clutchshaft,

means for shifting said sleeves, wheels on the axles, crank pills on theaxles, crank pms carried by the clutch shaft anda connecting rod on eachside of the locomotive connecting the several crank pins.

3. The combination in an interna-l combustion locomotive of a framehaving pedesi tals, two axles having boxes mounted inthe pedest-als,wheels on the axles, a transverse clutch shaft mounted 'in bearings atone end of the frame, cra-nk pins on the axles and on said shaft, rodsconnecting the crank pins of the shaft with those of the axles, thecrank pins on the intermediate axle having boxes and each rod havin ayoke in which the boxes slide, so that tie two axles can move in avertical direction independently of each other, springs mounted betweenthe ends of the pedestals and the boxes, an internal com` bustionenginemounted on the frame and having a lon .itudinal crank shaft, anintermediate sha tv geared to said crank shaft and having two pinions ofdifferent diameters, gear wheels loose on the clutch shaft, one of saidwheels gearing with one pinion and the other gear wheel gearing with theother pinion, two clutch sleeves adapted to slideon but turn with saidclutch shaft, lever mechanism therefor and a coupling link connectingthe clutch sleeves.

4. rIlhe combination-in a locomotive of a frame, two axles mounted inthe frame and springs supporting the frame on the axles, a driving shafthaving crank pins, crank pins on the axles, a single connecting rod oneach side of the locomotive having a yoke boxes adapted t-o the yoke,the crank pins of the driving shaft and the crank pins of the axlesfarthest from the said shaft being rigidly coupled to the rods, thecrank pins of the other axles being adapted to the boxes sliding in theyoke.

.5. The combination in a locomotive of a frame, a driving shaft mountedin fixed bearings on the frame, two driven axles, springs mountedbetween the axles and the frame, cranks on the driving shaft and on thedriven axles, a single connecting rod on` each side of the locomotive,said connecting rods having an intermediate yoke, the crank of thedriving shaft and the crank of the axle farthest from the shaft beingrigidly ioo coupled to the rods and the intermediate 1 crank beingcoupled to the rods at the yoke, so that the said intermediate axle Willbe free to move vertically independently of the ARCHIBALD HYDE lll-ILE.

Vilitnesses:

WM. E. SHUPE, WM. A. BARR.'

